Whip-socket.



PATENTED APR. 10, 1906.

J. M. CLARK.

WHIP SOCKET.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 9. 1905.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIGE. I

JOSEPH M. CLARK, OF APOLLO, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF TWENTY- FIVEONE-HUNDREDTHS TO PETER WISE, OF AVONMORE, PENNSYL- VANIA, ANDTHIRTY-SEVEN AND ON E-HALF ONE-HUNDREDTHS TO J. F. LAMBING, OF PAULTON,PENNSYLVANIA.

WHIP-SOCKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 10, 1906.

Application filed February 9,1905. Serialllo, 244,969.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOSEPH M. CLARK, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Apollo, in the county of Armstrong and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inlVhip-Sockets, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements inwhip-sockets, and has for its object the provision of novel means inconnection with a socket to retain a whip within the socket and preventthe same from becoming lost or stolen.

Another object of this invention is to provide a whip-socket in whichthe butt-end or handle of a whip can be secured until it is desired toren'zove the same, and I have employed a novel form of lock forretaining the whip within the socket. The whip-socket as constructed byme is extremely simple in construction, strong and durable, and can bereadily used in connection with the dashboards of vehicles forsupporting a whip convenient to the driver of a vehicle.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in thenovel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, which will behereinafter more fully described and then specifically pointed out inthe claims, and, referring to the drawings accompanying thisapplication, like numerals of reference designate corresponding partsthroughout the several views, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation ofmy improved whip-socket. Fig. 2 is a similar view of one of the sectionsof the socket. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of one of theclamping members employed in connection with my improved socket. Fi 4 isa fragmentary view of the sections of my improved socket, partially insection. Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line :0 0cof Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view of a latch employed inconnection with my improved socket. Fig. 7 is a detail perspective viewof the locking member, and Fig. 8 is a view of a key employed inconnection with my improved socket.

To put my invention into practice, I have constructed my improvedwhip-socket of two sections 1 and 2, which are secured together bysuitable fastening means, such as rivets 3. The sections of my improvedsocket are preferably cylindrical and are slightly tapered. Theconfronting faces of the sections 1 and 2 are provided withvertically-disposed grooves 4 4, forming openings 5 5, in which arepivotally mounted by pins 6 6 clamping members 7 7. One of theseclamping members is illustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawings, and theconfronting faces of said members are provided withlongitudinallydisposed grooves 8, and near the lower ends of saidmembers I provide the beveled recesses 9 9.

The top of each section is provided with a cut-away portion 10, formingan opening which is adapted to receive the handle or stock 11 of a whip.In the lower confronting faces of the sections 1 and 2 I provide grooves12 and 14 and recesses 15 and 16, which terminate centrally within eachof the sections. In the grooves 12 and the recesses 16 is mounted alatch 17, the shank portion 18 of which is provided with a notch 19. Theshank portion carries a head'20, having beveled surfaces 21 21, and thelower end of the latch is enlarged, as indicated at 22. Interposedbetween the enlarged end 22 of the latch and the bottom of the recesses16 16 is a spring 23, which is normally adapted to hold the latch in anelevated position.

To retain the latch in a lowered or locked position, I. employ a lockingmember 24, which is clearly illustrated in Figs. 4 and 7 of thedrawings. This locking member is mounted in the recesses 15, and itconsists of a substantially U-shaped piece carrying a tooth 25, which isadapted to engage in the notch 19 of the latch 17. The locking member 24is normally held in engagement with the latch 17 by a spring 26, mountedin the recesses 15. To disengage the locking member 24 from the latch 17a key 27 is employed, which is inserted in the grooves 14 14 of thesections 1 and 2 and is'then forced inwardly to move the locking member24 and com press the spring 26, which operation will release the latch17 and permit the spring 23 to move the same vertically and release thestock 11 of the whip.

The normal position of the different parts of my improved whip-socketwhen a whip is retained within the socket is illustrated in the upwardmovement of the latch 17 causes the head 20 to move into the recesses 99 of the clamping members 8, permitting the clamping members to assume avertical position in relation to the stock of the whip, at which timethe whip can be easily removed from the socket. The insertion of thestock of the whip within the socket depresses the latch 17, consequentlycompressing the spring 23, and as the latch moves down wardly thebeveled surfaces 21 21 of the latch 17 will cause the lower ends of theclamping members 8 8 to separate, naturally forcing the upper ends ofsaid clamping members in engagement with the stock of the whip.

The construction of my improved socket permits of the different partsthereof being easily and quickly assembled to perform their differentfunctions in connection with the socket. I do not care to confine myselfor restrict the invention to the arrangement of the clamping members andthe mechanism used to lock the same, as a plurality of locking memberscan be readily employed which will be actuated by a look similar inconstruction to the one illustrated.

It will be noted that various changes may be made in the details ofconstruction with- I out departing from the general spirit and member,and forcing the same into engagement with the latch, and a springarranged below the latch and. adapted to impel the latter upwardly, oneof said grooved. sections being formed with a straight opening leadingto a point adjacent said locking member, substantially as described.

2. In a whip-socket, the combination'of two longitudinally-groovedmembers, two straight clamping members pivotally mounted at their centerin said first-named members, a spring-impelled, vertically-movable,latch adapted to engage the lower ends of said. clamping members, saidlatch being formed with a notch, a horizontally-slidable locking memberhaving a tooth engaging said notch, a spring arranged to press thelocking member against the latch and a spring arranged below the latchto force the same upwardly, said grooved members being formed with anopening, the inner end of which opens adjacent the slidable lockingmember, said opening being adapted to receive a straight key, wherebythe locking member may be pushed out of engagement with said latch,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

JOSEPH M. CLARK. Witnesses:

H. C. EVERT, JAS. V. MoMAs'rERs.

